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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the moon symbolize on a Tarot card?
(a) Travel.
(b) Morning.
(c) Rainy day prediction.
(d) Transformation.

2. Which inmate complains that the Joker's plan was a bad one and that the hero is too dangerous?
(a) Two Face.
(b) Croc.
(c) The Black Mask.
(d) Dr. Destiny.

3. With what does Cavendish cut the hero?
(a) A razor.
(b) A piece of broken mirror.
(c) A shard of glass.
(d) A pocket knife.

4. Which villain calls out to the hiding hero that the asylum plays tricks on the mind?
(a) Harvey Dent.
(b) The Joker.
(c) Scarecrow.
(d) The Mad Hatter.

5. Who does the hero find inside the secret room?
(a) Himself and Amadeus.
(b) Cavendish and the Joker.
(c) Cavendish and Ruth.
(d) The Joker and Dr. Destiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides whether the hero goes free at the end?

2. What noise does Amadeus sometimes hear coming from an empty room?

3. Where do Amadeus' friends take him for an evening out on the town?

4. How does Amadeus stop the noise that he hears coming from an empty room?

5. What symbol is used to represent the Black Mask at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Arkham write his journal? What does the location where he stores it say about him?

2. How does the hero defeat Clayface?

3. What in the novel makes a connection between past and present? Explain why.

4. Briefly discuss Amadeus' death.

5. How does Arkham get the laughing he hears from an empty room to stop. Why does this work?

6. What idea does the hero contrive to allow the inmates to decide whether he lives or dies?

7. What effect has the secret room had on Cavendish and why?

8. What does Croc symbolize in the novel?

9. Name one way in which the moon is symbolic of the Joker.

10. Why do colleagues offer specific praise to Amadeus when he opens his asylum?

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